[Mesorah] How widespread is ignorance of Hebrew?

[Sholom Simon]

OK, so, I gotta ask, isn't " Noda biYehudah" itself a mispronunciation?

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 2:02 PM Mandel, Seth via Mesorah <
mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> "The Shabbos preceding Passover is traditionally known as Shabbos HaGadol
> — the Great Shabbos."
>
> As you all know, that is not what the Hebrew means  The great Shabbos
> would be haShabbos haG'dolah.
>
> But the term first appeared in medieval Ashk'naz, when knowledge of Hebrew
> grammar was weak. If the people who composed the term knew Hebrew, as is
> very probable, then the term Shabbos HaGodol means "the Shabbos of the
> Godol," which would make excellent sense: it was one of the only two
> Shabbosen  in a year when the rov gave a drosho, the other being the other
> Shabbos that has a special name in medieval Europe: Shabbos Shuva or
> Shabbos T'shuva.
>
>
> As far as my opening question: go not farther than the t'shuva of the Noda
> biYehudah about how to pronounce HaShem. He expresses astonishment at the
> question.  Apparently when he grew up everyone was taught it. But the world
> was changing: chasidus and Reform had just started, and the Jewish
> traditions of teaching and studying were falling to pieces.
>
>
> Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
> Rabbinic Coordinator
> The Orthodox Union
>
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